Whiting Chick
Prices
2024
Delta, CO
Whiting Farm Hatchery Information
We wanted to add a information page from Whiting Farms so we can add their pictures and videos and what will be happening NEW at the HATCHERY!
Introduction to Whiting Farm Manager Taylor Hoffman!!
Truly the MOST wonderful person in the world is managing Whiting Farms. This lady is a very hard worker, loves her job as much as her passion in poultry science and is the easiest going person even in crisis! Dr. Whiting is so blessed to have this amazing manager!
(970) 874-0999 Whiting Hatchery Farm​
Taylor is no longer with Whiting Hatchery effective 9/21/2024
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Taylor's Team 2023
Howdy from Whiting Farms! Just wanted to officially introduce myself and the hatchery crew to you folks and let you guys in on what we do up here at the hatchery. My name is Taylor and I am the Hatchery Manager here at Whiting Farms and have been here a little under two years. If you have reached out to Whiting Farms via Facebook/email, you’ve talked to me! This season has been chaotic with a lot of highs and lows but the crew and I could not thank you enough for being very patient and supportive of this small, local hatchery. We have 4 people working with close to 8,000 chicks a week and we love each and every little bird that comes out of those eggs. Below (left to right) Nate, Rose, Shayna, and I (Taylor). If you have gotten birds from us (or even if you haven’t!) and have ANY questions PLEASE don’t hesitate to reach out! Any comments, complaints, issues with chickens, pictures of the chickens you got from us, etc. please do reach out as we would love to know what we can do to improve, help out, and see them grow! Also, if you happen to get any rooster chicks that were supposed to be pullets and it falls in the 90% accuracy statement that we provided please reach out so we can help make it right. I would also like to announce that we just got back our test results for Avian Influenza and Pullorum Typhoid and we are negative for both according to CSU Veterinary Diagnostic lab and have been for years. We do annual tests for PT and as needed for AI (3-6 times a year, potentially more) as we are backed by the USDA with the NPIP regulations. Dr. Tom Whiting has great plans with his genetic work and I’m learning from him everyday how to improve our birds for production, behavior, and show quality. We are coming up on selling our adult breeder flock from this past season so please keep your eyes out and share our page!
From Taylor Hoffman- Farm Manager at Whiting Farms
Some quick frequently asked questions (FAQs) for everyone new!
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1. “Can you not vaccinate my chicks?”
Unfortunately we vaccinate every chick with Mareks and Bursal disease vaccinations via subcutaneously. This is for the safety of your flock and the community’s birds. We do not give the Coccidiosis vaccine.
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2. “Can you ship my chicks to me?”
We do not ship chicks as we do not trust the handling of our babies and want to give them the best chance possible. If you’re interested, we have one lovely customer/ transporter who is driving from Tennessee that will gladly drive your chicks along her route for Spring pick up. Order forms must be in by dates posted.
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3. “Can you tell me more about *insert breed here*?”
I am more than happy to explain the matings of our different breeds as there’s some breeds on there you may have never heard of! Dr. Tom Whiting is a poultry geneticist and has been breeding birds for over 40 years. He has no problem explaining the breeding and how he came to make certain breeds. PLEASE understand that these breeds have taken YEARS to develop and there’s certain breeds that if you breed together may not get you what you’re striving for! Please contact me (Taylor, hatchery manager) if you have any questions regarding these.
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4. “How can we pay for the chicks?”
Please pay with cash/check/money order at time of pick up (unless you are apart of the transport, then please mail your payment along with your order forms.
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5. “Are these chicks guaranteed to be pullets/cockerels?”
We cannot 100% guarantee the sex of live baby chicks. We have a team of sexers recently hired on that have years of experience and are very accurate. They will do the best they can to sex your chicks right and if you had problems before I highly doubt you’ll have problems this time around.
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A couple side notes!!! IF you are interested, I have developed an “ON CALL” list. This means that if we have an excess number of chicks and can fill your order earlier then I will call you morning of and let you know. If you want to be on this list and have already placed your order please contact me and let me know!!! We are fairly booked for the next month on chicks but please inquire and I can try to fit your order in! If I have NOT confirmed your order, please contact me so we can get that done for you! I appreciate all of you and your support and will continue to strive to produce great birds! Thank you for sticking with us through this season!
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Information on Butter Blues , Pewter Blues and Pewter Buffs
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Butter Blues, Pewter Blues, and Pewter Buff: The Origin Story (none of these birds are standard of perfection breeds, meaning not recognized as a breed, but derive from standard Mediterranean birds and hope to one day be introduced as a recognized breed)
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A. Butter Blue (first photo) These girls are homozygous blue egg layers that have been Dr. Whiting’s beloved project for years now.
Originally found as an accident, years ago Dr. Whiting bred a Minorca with a show Leghorn and out popped these beautiful (but flighty) Buttercup patterned hens. Dr. Whiting was persuaded to make these hens into a blue egg layer that was less skittish and produced like a commercial egg layer. After crossing with a Whiting True Blue they began to start laying blue eggs and over multiple generations of breeding and breeding back we now have this gorgeous, productive, homozygous blue egg layer.
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B. Pewter Blue (Second photo) Pewter Buff (Third photo) These hens will all be that grey/brown/taupe color as seen in both photo 2 and 3. The only difference in the Pewter Blues and Pewter Buff are A. comb and B. egg color. They are both great productive birds and very friendly too. The Pewter Blue has a pea comb and the Pewter Buff has a single comb. The Pewter is derived from two Leghorns originally that when mated together each carried a gene that produced these weird taupe colored hens. Dr. Whiting was dumbfounded when given these birds and was asked to do genetic work on them to see if he could isolate the gene for that color. And he did! After years of work on them he has introduced the blue egg gene to these girls. They are great layers with great vigor and hearty hens.
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If you’re looking to add more production to your flock and adding some pretty girls, here are some different ones to look over and ponder.
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